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Greens’ power push suffers setback in Brisbane

Tess Bennett
Tess BennettTechnology reporter

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The Greens’ bold campaign to drastically increase their power in Queensland has stalled, after the party failed to win any of the four seats it was targeting and its two sitting members suffered declines in their primary vote.

Heading into Saturday’s state election the Greens had door-knocked 125,000 homes with the hope of expanding their parliamentary presence from two seats to six.

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Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com

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